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Thread #106793   Message #2212219
Posted By: GUEST
09-Dec-07 - 09:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Casey Jones (Fiddlin' John Carson)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fiddlin' John Carson's Casey Jones
A corrected version for Roberto would now read:

CASEY JONES
(As recorded by Fiddlin' John Carson)

Come all you rounders if you want to hear
The story I'm a-tellin' of a brave engineer
Casey Jones was the rounder's name
On a six eight wheeler, boys, he won his fame

The caller called Casey at a half past four
Kissed his wife at the kitchen door
Mounted to the cabin with his orders in his hand
Took a farewell trip unto the Promised Land

Casey Jones a-mounted to the cabin
Casey Jones, with his orders in his hand
Casey Jones a-mounted to the cabin
Took a farewell trip unto the Promised Land

Was on a Friday mornin', she's a lookin' like rain
Around the curve come a passenger train
On the pallet lay little Bill Jones
A good old rounder, but he's dead and gone

He looked at his watch and his watch was slow
Looked at his water and his water was low
Turned to his fireman, 'Pick your place to jump
While the two locomotives are a-bound to bump!'

Casey Jones, two locomotives
Casey Jones, are a-bound to bump
Casey Jones, two locomotives
There's two locomotives are a-bound to bump

You oughta been there and a-seen the sight
People were screamin', both black and white
For I was there, it is a natural fact
Seen four box-cars when they left the track

Well, at the Four Mile Curve
Where Johnny Devine he lost his nerve
Poor old Casey didn't weaken a bit
Had his hands on the throttle when the engines hit

Casey went to Heaven, went straight from here
He told St Peter he's a brave engineer
St Peter said, "Well, you're looking mighty bold
I guess I'll have to put you back to shovelling coal"

'Mama, mama, I can see
How Papa got killed on the Santa Fe';
'Go to bed, children, 'fore you cry yourself hoarse
I got you another daddy on the police force'

Casey Jones, I got another papa
Casey Jones, on the police force
Casey Jones, I got you another daddy
And I got another daddy on the police force

--Stewie.